Hi darkangelwrites! Yes, indeed, it is a sad commentary on the lack of humankind's evolution. If we could ever get aravice, greed, and materialism out of our blood, we might be able to create a new age for humankind!

Murder...war...one of the most unfortunate bits of the human experience, yet one so intricately woven into the pscyhe, it seems. Time doesn't teach us to refrain, merely to grow better in the execution.

Hi and thanks for stopping by Joanne! Good question, "...is it that so many are too proud to put down their sword?"

I'm not sure, but it seems that this negative side of humankind has been rolling along for a long time!

I read some research on the last 10,000 years that homo spaiens has been in North America, and it's certainly been a bad time period, especially with the destruction of so many native species of plants and animals.

Then with the coming of the Europeans, especially the conquistadores and then the 'church,' there was an increase in destruction of Native/North Americans for power and gold. Not to mention the 'disease' that was brought to the 'peoples' inhabiting the Americas. Sad!

At this time, I believe, certain people are so used to power trips, greed, lust for money, that they are probably blind to anything outside their own self-absorbtion.

President Eisenhower 'warned' of the industrial-military complex (MIC), or Military–industrial-congressional complex (MICC). I think that's is exactly where we are.

From what I've read, the US is the largest overt & covert 'arms' dealer in the world! Unfortunately...we've reached the tipping point, and it really doesn't matter what happens...as Earth's biosphere is collapsing, the oceans and sea life are dying, and we are already at a global crisis for clean water...

You see our predicament clearly. Tom Jefferson said after the Constitution was drafted, "I give you the new Rome!" He turned out to be only too right about that. We splatter the world with blood and seem unable to step back from any macho war. Fortunately, this arms madness is bankrupting us and the unfareness of our system is now manifest. Mr. Obama, tear down this Wall!